Canada and the ethics of constitutionalism [electronic resource] : identity, destiny, and constitutional faith / Samuel V. LaSelva.

"Canada is caught between two empires and between two constitutional systems. However, neither the British model of a "single sovereign" nor the American people's "sacred fire of liberty" matched the pluralistic identity of Canada, so Canadians engaged in constitutional experimentation. In Canada an...

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Main Author: LaSelva, Samuel V. (Samuel Victor), 1952- (Author)
Language:English
Published: Montreal ; Kingston ; London ; Chicago : McGill-Queen's University Press, [2018]
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Canada and the Ethics of Constitutionalism: Identity, Destiny, and Constitutional Faith
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264 4 |c ©2018 
504 |a Includes bibliographical references (pages 271-304) and index. 
505 0 |a The new Canada, the old Canada, and the spirit of Haida Gwaii : three images of the Canadian constitutional faith -- The Charter of rights, the British connection, and the Americanization thesis : toward a Montesquieuean analysis of rights and their protection -- The notwithstanding clause and the American rights model : federalism and legislative power in Canada and the United States -- British judges, Charter dialogue, and America's "celebrated footnote" : judicial review and fundamental values -- Free speech for the thought that we hate? Canadian constitutionalism, British pluralism, and first amendment exceptionalism -- Mosaic and melting pot : the dialectic of pluralism and constitutional faith in Canada and the United States -- Secession and identity : Canada, the United States, and contemporary Britain as divided houses -- The spirit in the land and the spirit of the Constitution : Aboriginal self-government in Canada and the United States -- The arduous destiny of the peaceable kingdom : George Grant, Alan Cairns, and the meaning of the Canadian constitutional crisis -- Constitutional faiths : the Canadian identity, American freedom, and the remaking of the British Constitution. 
520 |a "Canada is caught between two empires and between two constitutional systems. However, neither the British model of a "single sovereign" nor the American people's "sacred fire of liberty" matched the pluralistic identity of Canada, so Canadians engaged in constitutional experimentation. In Canada and the Ethics of Constitutionalism Samuel LaSelva argues that, in order to understand the old Canada of Confederation and the new one that followed the Charter of Rights and Freedoms, it is necessary to see how distinctive Canadian constitutionalism is and how that distinctiveness does not depend on borrowings from the British or American constitutional models. LaSelva supports his argument by exploring different aspects of Canada's contribution to the ethics of constitutionalism including the limits of free expression, the Charter's notwithstanding clause, the origins and functions of judicial review, the Quebec secession debate, Aboriginal self-government, and the conception of Canada as a multicultural and multinational mosaic. Through a careful consideration of how Canadian constitutional pluralism with its focus on the rights of others differs from American and British ideas, Canada and the Ethics of Constitutionalism provides engaging answers to contested questions about how Canada was founded and what it has become."--  |c Provided by publisher. 
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